Type 2 diabetes diagnosis

Optimal glycemic control during the first years after a latent autoimmune diabetes of adulthood diagnosis could prevent people’s microvascular complication risk from equaling that seen in those with type 2 diabetes, shows an analysis of the UKPDS.

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a common and potentially serious comorbidity in people with diabetes and obesity. John Wilding highlights what you need to know about the condition [read more].

Get more on: Sleep disorders | Obesity | Type 2 diabetes complications

In this study, glucose concentrations obtained using  point-of-care testing and core laboratory instruments were assessed to duplicate typical scenarios experienced in healthcare [read more].
Blaurock MG et al. Diabetes Ther 2018. doi: 10.1007/s13300-018-0495-0

Get more on:  Devices and technology | Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes

Nephrologist and Endocrinologist Katherine Tuttle joins Primary Care Physician Jay Shubrook to discuss the importance of kidney disease screening for the prevention of downstream nephropathy and cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes [watch the video 8:16].

Get more on: Nephropathy | Diabetes complications and comorbidities

Advisory Board member Theresa Smyth tackles an emergency case involving a type 2 diabetes patient on a new diet and treated with empagliflozin. What went wrong and how should he be managed? [Read more].

Get more on: SGLT2 inhibitors | Diet and nutritional management

Uazman Alam and colleagues interrogate current evidence and real-world clinical scenarios to address whether enough is being done with the tools available to screen and diagnose diabetic neuropathy [read more].

Get more on: Diabetic neuropathy | Management of diabetic foot | Other diabetic complications

This meta-analysis of observational studies assesses the association between risk of bladder cancer and exposure to pioglitazone among subjects with type 2 diabetes [read more].
Mehtälä J et al. Diabetol Int 2018. doi: 10.1007/s13340-018-0360-4

Get more on:  Diabetic complications | Medication | Type 2 diabetes

This review will evaluate mechanisms responsible for chronic kidney disease-induced insulin resistance and therapies currently available [read more].
Dave N, Wu J, Thomas S. Curr Diab Rep 2018; 18: 44. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1010-8

Get more on:  Diabetic complications | Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes

The aim of this study was to estimate the current prevalence of cardiovascular disease among adults with type 2 diabetes by reviewing recently published existing literature [read more].
Einarson TR et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2018; 17: 83. doi: 10.1186/s12933-018-0728-6

Get more on: Diabetic complications | Type 2 diabetes

Researchers studying the ARIC cohort have found that virtually all people with elevated fasting plasma glucose and glycated hemoglobin in the same blood sample went on to develop diabetes.